Foley financial award on council agenda
FOLEY – The city of Foley is under consideration for a fifth Distinguished Budget Award, a major national recognition for financial reporting. The Foley City Council is scheduled to discuss the report to the Government Finance Officers Association at the council work session and meeting Monday, Dec. 4. The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall. If the GFOA presents recognizes the city again, the award would be the fifth-consecutive Distinguished Budget Award received by the city. The recognition is one of the three awards the city [...]
Graham Creek Christmas Trail opening postponed due to rain
FOLEY -- The Christmas Trail at Foley's Graham Creek Nature Preserve will open Friday, Dec. 8. The trail, which features festive holiday lights and displays along the boardwalk at the municipal nature preserve, was scheduled to open Saturday, Dec. 2. The opening was postponed due to the predictions of heavy rain that day. The U.S. Weather Service forecast calls for a 90% chance of rain Saturday with 20 mile-an-hour wind gusts. The trail will be open Dec. 8, 9, 15, 16 and 17 at the preserve. Hours for the event are 5:30 to [...]
Foley Christmas Parade, other events rescheduled due to weather
FOLEY – The Foley Kiwanis Christmas Parade and other holiday events set for Friday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 2, have been rescheduled due to the threat of inclement weather. The parade had been scheduled for Saturday morning. Weather forecasts predict a 90% chance of rain Saturday with 20 mile an hour wind gusts. The parade will be rescheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. The parade route will continue to be the same as previous Christmas parades. The lineup will begin at 8 a.m. between the former Foley armory site and the [...]
Work to start on new Foley downtown public restrooms
FOLEY – Visitors to downtown Foley will have new public restrooms following the approval of almost $500,000 for the project by the City Council. The council approved $486,616 in funding for the project at the John B. Foley Park at the intersection of Alabama 59 and U.S. 98 at the center of the downtown historic district. The facilities will replace the current restrooms at the site with a larger building to accommodate the growing use of the park, Jeff Phillips, Foley construction manager, said. “It’s about 1,200 square feet,” he said. “It’s going [...]
ROAD CLOSURE: Alleyway behind Buywise
Beginning Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. through Friday, December 15, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. the alley behind Buywise will be closed for a culvert installation. The closed alley way begins at Verbena Ave. and extends south, past Buywise. The alley closure will allow our Street Department to complete the culvert installation. Please see the attached map with the closed alley highlighted in yellow.
Survey on the future development along AL-59
The City of Foley is planning and envisioning the development and redevelopment of properties along the AL-59 Corridor based on your input. As an Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) road, the state has control over the road itself. However, the City has authority over zoning, land use, and development regulations for the properties along the road. The AL-59 Corridor serves as the central spine of the City and is the primary revenue generator supporting all community facilities and services. The following public opinion survey is designed to provide residents, business owners, and travelers [...]
Improvements planned at Foley’s Aaronville Park
FOLEY – The city of Foley is planning new restrooms at the municipal park in Aaronville as part of a series of improvements in the community. The Foley City Council approved a capital project for improvements at the park. Jeff Lee, Foley parks and recreation director, said the upgrade will allow the city to replace worn out and outdated facilities at Aaronville park. “This is to move forward with us replacing the existing bathroom building with a prefab CXD building,” Lee said. “This usually takes about six months for this to get here [...]
City of Foley council agenda for November 20, 2023
The city of Foley will appoint Cian Harrison as Executive Director of General Government/Administration on Monday during the city council meeting. The Foley City council work session and meeting begins at 4 p.m. at Foley City Hall. Other items on the City Council agenda for the Monday meeting include: Hearing a proclamation recognizing the service of civic engineer Andrew Ernest James. Approving a petition for annexation and bringing property owned by Turf Properties, LLC into the city. Approving a petition for annexation for recently purchased property to be used as Mills Park into [...]
Work begins on Mills projects
FOLEY – Work is starting on Foley’s newest park and other improvements in the newly annexed Mills Community. The city is clearing four acres of wooded property in the newly annexed Mills Community, which will become Foley’s newest park. Mills residents voted in August to approve annexation into Foley. Mayor Ralph Hellmich said the city has put up 55 lights on some Mills streets. “A lady said it has already made a difference. Before when it was dark out there, people were running around in the yards out there. That has all stopped,” [...]
Bon Secour headwater project area to become Foley wetland reserve
FOLEY – Areas that were part of drainage Improvements at the headwaters of the Bon Secour River could become a municipal wetland reserve under plans being developed by the city of Foley. Workers have been clearing debris left in the headwaters after Hurricane Sally struck the area in 2020. Leslie Gahagan, Foley environmental director, said most of the project is complete. ”The Bon Secour Headwater Project is at completion and we've also in the process of just monitoring and do some doing some adaptive management She told City Council members that the proposal [...]